Andrew Spence | Speaker Profile
Andrew Spence, known to his friends as Andy, is a professional speaker with a passion for exploring the intersection of technology, work, and society. With over two decades of experience in advising global organizations on workforce strategy, Andrew has become a trusted voice in the field. He has worked for the Big 4 consultancies, startups, and for the last 17 years, his own consulting firm. His passion is to make work better. Andrew’s pioneering work on the use of Blockchain in Work in 2018, with Don Tapscott and the BRI, continues to provide inspiration to entrepreneurs and technologists. He is recognized as a Key Opinion Leader in the Future of Work.
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Andy has delivered keynotes at events in Amsterdam, Athens, Beijing, Copenhagen, Lisbon, London, Paris, Rome, Singapore, Shanghai, and Sydney. He has also delivered Executive Workshops around the World, and a series of webinars and podcasts.
In a rapidly changing world, he is a dynamic and engaging speaker who has a talent for communicating complex ideas in a way that is both accessible and inspiring. Whether he is addressing a group of global executives or a room full of front-line employees, audiences say they value the way he synthesizes the global megatrends and converts them into actionable insights. He does this with a blend of data-driven analysis, engaging storytelling, and a dash of humor.
Andy offers a series of key speaking topics, including:
Building a Better World Without Jobs
View Andrew’s latest talk at the Future.Works conference (Lisbon 2022) below:
Global Workforce Trends and Using Technology to Build Better Organisations
Using technology to shape a better future of work is an ongoing theme of Andrew’s research, advisory work, and speaking. Andrew uses a multi-disciplinary and critical approach to this topic.
Blockchain, Web3, The Decentralised Workforce and What it Means For The Future of Work
This was a talk in Lisbon at Future Works Tech Conference which was Andrew’s first event in ‘real life’ for nearly 18 months! He spoke to a mixed audience of gamers, recent technology graduates and HR and tech professionals.
Testimonials
“Commitment. Knowledge. Passion – 3 words that would describe Andrew. Andrew spoke on People Analytics with a very engaging and insightful speech. Will strongly recommend Andrew as a speaker/host.”
Maddie Pozlevic – Perkbox
“Andrew’s unique ability to understand global trends and its relation to technology makes him an expert you want in your corner. Andrew recently delivered a great keynote address at the 2019 State of Talent Conference, in Sarasota, Florida, where our audience was captivated by his insight.”
Chris Laney – Director of Education at CareerSource Suncoast
“Andrew carried out a 2 hr workshop in Denmark focusing on the future of HR and HR technology trends. The workshop was highly captivating, and I perceive him to be the open, knowledgeable, and curious type of person who positively influences any kind of conference or knowledge-sharing event – on and off the stage. I highly recommend Andrew as a contributor/speaker on these topics.”
Erik Blatt Lyon – VELUX
“Andrew’s keynote speech on “Opportunities of Automation in HR” was the perfect opening at the Digi HR Conference, in Athens. Andrew’s presentation was interesting, to the point, challenging for the traditional business mindset, and also engaging. It was very well received from our audience as it set the tone for the future of HR and the prospects of digital technologies in people management. As a conference producer, it was a pleasure working with Andrew too. He is a very positive person and an impeccable professional.”
Aggeliki Korre – Conference Producer, Digi HR Athens
Speaker background
As an independent management consultant, Andrew Spence has worked to build people-centric organizations including with the NHS, John Lewis Partnership, Novartis, Global Banks, AON Hewitt, Deloitte, Department of Transport. He has seen great teams but also situations where people have not reached their potential for systemic reasons.
His writing and media partners include Bloomberg, Mercer, RSA, Hays, Global Drucker Forum, HR Executive, The HR Director, Unleash (including start-up judge and moderator), Hacker Noon, Strategic HR Review, HR.com, BrightTalk (Podcast Moderator) and many others.
Andy alsopublishes the popular Workforce Futurist Newsletter with original research and industry insights on building a better world of work.
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Organizations and event organizers can confidently hire this speaker to conduct keynotes and workshops about future trends across a diverse range of topics and in the following formats:
| Format | Description |
|---|---|
| Advisory calls | Discussion with your executives to answer specific questions on a topic, project or subject of choice. |
| Executive coaching | One-to-one coaching and mentoring session between an executive and the selected speaker. Topics are mutually agreed upon. |
| Topic presentation (Internal) | A presentation for your internal team based on a mutually agreed topic with content supplied by the speaker. This format is designed specifically for internal team meetings. Maximum 25 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (Internal) | Webinar presentation for your team members on a mutually agreed topic, including question time. Internal replay rights included. Maximum 100 participants. |
| Webinar presentation (External) | Webinar presentation for your team and external attendees on a mutually agreed topic. Question time and external replay rights included. Maximum 500 participants. |
| Event keynote presentation | Keynote or speaking engagement for your corporate event. Topic and content can be customized to event themes. Includes one-on-one question time and participation in other event sessions if required. |
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Contact us to inquire about booking this speaker for a keynote, panel, or workshop, or contact Kaelah Shimonov at kaelah.s@quantumrun.com
